Hillside (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Hillside
Location 230 Summer Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°56′54″N 70°40′48″W / 41.94833°N 70.68000°W / 41.94833; -70.68000Coordinates: 41°56′54″N 70°40′48″W / 41.94833°N 70.68000°W / 41.94833; -70.68000
Built 1845
Architect Samuel Longfellow
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 75001626[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1975

Hillside is a historic house located at 230 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Description and history

The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1845, and was designed in the Gothic Revival style. It was the site at which Benjamin Watson established one of the nation's first garden nurseries, the "Old Colony Gardens". It is also where Ralph Waldo Emerson stayed the night before getting married to Plymouth native Lydia Jackson.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Hillside". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-24.


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